033 Meet Junia (she/her)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- June might seem unusual in the Trans community, having received a Bachelor of Arts from Appalachian State University and a Master of Divinity from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, and currently working as a Reverend at a church in Toronto, but she is not. A recipient of the Canada 150 Community Leader Award and named one of Canada’s top 25 Women of Influence in 2021, June is just one of hundreds if not thousands of queer faith leaders across the country. June is a member of Good Faith Media’s strategic board (goodfaithmedia..., and she works with Transmission Ministry Collective (www.transmissi...) to provide support to trans seminarians & clergy. Whether you wrestle with faith, or have abandoned it entirely, June has a message of hope for you.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, for this beautiful testament.
Thank You, Julia! You are one of God's many blessings!!!
What a beautiful message and I wish more Christians were as wonderfully compassionate as you but that has not been my experience.
Also have to disagree with you on coming out in corporate America. Corporations do have their anti discrimination policies but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Corporations are about making money and if anyone makes those around them less productive or does not project the right image to external partners than they will be gone. Conformity is very important in the corporate world. Unfortunately the majority of the world is still not comfortable with transgender people.
That is an interesting observation Jodi. I am wondering where you are situated Jodi? Are you in the US? Or in Canada? Is the experience in the US more as you describe it? Is Canada more as Junia is describing it? Certainly in my experience, corporations have been very open to ensuring you are treated very well as a Trans person. More than that, it is entrenched in law that they must do so. Some may try to circumvent the law, but they do so at their own peril.
Perhaps others could weigh in.
@@TransCanadaProject I live in Minnesota so about as Canadian as a US citizen can be. I am a corporate executive and not out so I hear what is said behind closed doors. Most do not have a hatred towards the transgender community, they just don't believe it is good business to possibly make their customers uncomfortable. Christians tend to be a much bigger market so corporations are careful to not offend them. Everyone knows that the hatred of the transgender community comes primarily from Christians. This also impacts non customer facing positions as well. Again most of your employee base is Christian and the last thing you want as a corporation is internal friction. I am fortunate enough to have achieved a position where I can have impact. My portion of the organization knows that discrimination of any kind would not be tolerated. In spite of that I still have employees come to me because they are not sure if someone is male or female using the women's bathroom. My response is always the same. I guess they just told you their gender by which bathroom they chose. If someone shows you their genitals in the bathroom then we and issue to talk about. I know if I came out that I would be put out to pasture.